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Five-letter words matching __G_Y

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What the remaining words have in common

50 matching words4 not previously used7 past answers

Position 1P 16%B 14%F 12%D 8%

Position 2O 28%A 24%U 20%I 18%

Position 4G 64%E 10%L 10%M 4%

11 possible answers fit.

Among those candidates, BUGGY produces the smallest worst-case feedback group.

Top-ranked next guess BUGGY

Still undecided: 1st letter: A, B, C, F, L, M, P, R, S·2nd letter: A, E, I, N, O, U, Y·4th letter: B, E, G, M, R

Possible answers

ANGRY BAGGY BUGGY CAGEY FOGGY LEGGY MUGGY PIGGY PYGMY RUGBY SOGGY

used already been a Wordle answer · possible on the possible-answer list · guess accepted, but not a possible answer

ANGRY used BAGGY possible BUGGY used CAGEY possible FOGGY used LEGGY used MUGGY used PIGGY possible PYGMY possible RUGBY used SOGGY used DOGGY guess PEGGY guess AGGRY guess BAGSY guess BIGGY guess BIGLY guess BOGEY guess BOGGY guess CIGGY guess DAGGY guess DOGEY guess DOGLY guess EAGLY guess FAGGY guess FIGGY guess FOGEY guess FUGGY guess FUGLY guess HUGGY guess JAGGY guess JIGGY guess LAGGY guess LOGGY guess MOGGY guess NAGGY guess NOGGY guess PIGLY guess PIGMY guess POGEY guess POGGY guess PUGGY guess RAGGY guess ROGUY guess RUGGY guess SAGGY guess TAGGY guess VUGGY guess VUGHY guess WIGGY guess

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Splits these words most evenly: CAGEY of the 50 words here

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Useful letters still to test

A 28% O 28% U 22% I 18% B 16% E 16%

Words with five different letters

32% of the matches have no repeated letters.

ANGRY CAGEY RUGBY BAGSY BIGLY

Common letter pairs

GG 33/50 words (66%) GY 32/50 words (64%) OG 14/50 words (28%) AG 13/50 words (26%) UG 10/50 words (20%)

Vowels

No vowels: 2% · one: 84% · two: 14% · three or more: 0%

Common questions

How many five-letter words match __G_Y?: 50 five-letter words match __G_Y in this site's Wordle guess list. Of these, 11 are possible answers.
Which matching word has the highest feedback entropy?: Among all matching words, CAGEY has the highest feedback entropy at 4.86 bits against the possible answers.

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